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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Aqua-Mail

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It's time for another installment of Aqua-Mail!

It's been a really long time since we last took a dip in the Aquaman Shrine Mailbag, so I thought after the 1-2-3 punch of interviews with Mike Grell, Dan Jurgens, and Steve Epting, we'd spend today checking out some various bits o'Aquaman stuff around the web.

These shots were sent to me by F.O.A.M. member Doug Zawisza
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These are the spiffy new Aquaman and Mera busts, available from DC Direct in October 2009.

At $70 and $55, respectively, their certainly worth the price (that Mera one--hubba hubba!), but even at those reasonable price tags, these might be two items I have to wait for a while to order. Thanks Doug!
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Next is an article on MSNBC, of all places, titled "9 Comic Book Characters to Watch in 2009." Aquaman isn't on the list, but they do throw in him at end:
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What the above means, I have no idea, but each new year we always have our fingers crossed that Aquaman will receive a new solo feature!

This link was sent to me by new F.O.A.M. member Sal in Brooklyn. Thanks Sal!
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In a conversation with DC head honcho Dan Didio by Newsarama, Didio goes over the various comments made to him at the 2009 NY Con, including this:

"And of course, someone wanted to see an Aquaman reboot. As DiDio said, 'There's one in every crowd.'"

...hmm. If only DC could figure out what that might mean, in terms of bringing Aquaman back. Why oh why must us comics fans talk in riddles?!?

That link was sent to me by the new F.O.A.M. member only known as "King Megatrip." Thanks King! Or is it thanks Megatrip?

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Megatrip also sent me the above article, which appeared on the Topless Robot site, about the perceived slight the author thought was being delivered to Aquaman, since from the above photo he assumed Aquaman was not part of the new Brave and the Bold toy line.

He was quickly corrected by commenters, but his passion and sense of righteous anger over Aquaman getting dissed is always appreciated around these parts. F-words and everything!

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...this really interesting article (click the image to read all of it) is all about the Creative Director of the upcoming DC Universe Online RPG game, a man named Jens Andersen, who is a big Aquaman fan. Huge. (Wait until you read about "Aquaman Wednesdays")

This article was sent to me F.O.A.M.er Richard Duncan. Thanks Richard!

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This shot of Black Manta making time with the comely Lady Action at the NY Con (go Manta!) was sent to me by Ed Catto, one of the guys behind the revival of Captain Action, who of course has history with the Sea King.

I somehow managed to miss seeing the giant dome-headed Manta at the con (who am I, Matt Murdock?), so I appreciate Ed sending this photo along. Thanks Ed!
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F.O.A.M. member Glenn Walker sent me a link to this podcast (scroll down to episode #103) where the hosts spend the good portion of an hour(!) talking about Aquaman.

I don't agree with everything they say, but their passion for the character is obvious, and of course Aquaman needs all the attention he can get. Thanks Glenn!
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In a recent interview with Grant Morrison over at IGN, he had this to say about the "new" Aquaman he dropped into Final Crisis:

"IGN Comics: So how about this new Aquaman? Did he fall down to Earth along with Darkseid in the same way the Nazi Supergirl did?

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: Yeah, that's pretty much the way I thought about it. Because everyone kept hounding us at conventions to bring Aquaman back, I just thought, 'Oh, f--k it. Here he is--take him back.' [laughs] And there's this prophecy that one day Aquaman will come back to save everyone, so I thought, 'You know, there's a series right there: an Aquaman who may be from another universe arrives to save the day on a monster sea-horse with death ray eyes...' It's all there in that panel. I saw him as a kind of High Plains Drifter Aquaman to start with.


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: Dan DiDio is always talking about how everyone pitches him ideas for revamping Aquaman. Is that something you'd be interested in?


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: Yeah, I love Aquaman, and I definitely have a ton of ideas for him. I just don't know if I'll get to it. So don't hold your breath. Probably, Geoff will get there first. [laughs]"

C'mon DC--get to it!

This bit o'info was sent me by new F.O.A.M. member Brandan E--thanks Brandan!
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F.O.A.M. member Brian Knippenberg sent me this link, to a bunch of screenshots from the upcoming Brave and the Bold two-parter, airing 3/6 and 3/13.

I had seen the preview for the two-parter at the end of last week's show, but had no idea that Aquaman was part of it. But as you can see from the still above, he'll be there, along with Black Manta! Yowza!

Thanks for the tip Brian!
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And finally, this shot was sent to me a while back, right after the last AquaMail segment I think:
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...wow, that kid looks frighteningly like me, around age eight.

It was sent to me by my pal and longtime F.O.A.M.er Charles Howell, and, never having seen an episode of The Venture Bros., its something I would've missed if not for his eagle-eyes. Thanks Charles!


This concludes our latest rummaging through the Aqua-Mailbag, and, thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of you AquaFans, it won't be the last.
Thanks everybody, and Sal, Ed, Brandan, and King Megatrip, welcome to F.O.A.M.!


"Keep sending the links!"

6 comments:

Richard said...

If I had known that you've never seen The Venture Bros. before now, I would have:

a) sent you a still like this, because Hank Venture is often seen in this outfit (they're his jammies!)

b) hooked you up with some DVDs

c) whacked you upside your fool head for being such a fool! That show is one of the most awesome things ever!

Anonymous said...

By the way, Rob, I wanted to give you another WOW shout-out for the way you keep adding cool looking "icon" chapter headings on the right side of the shrine. I haven't checked them all out yet, but I especially like the look of the "POP CULTURE" one. Way to go!

rob! said...

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whacked you upside your fool head for being such a fool!

Well, then I'm glad I never said anything! I'll have to try TVB via Netflix.


Russell-

Thanks for noticing! My goal is to get rid of all the boring text "Keyword" links and replace them with graphics, I think it makes everything look cooler. Itll take me a while, but I'll get there...

Anonymous said...

Rob-I've been reading the Aquaman Shrine for a while now and throughly enjoying your passion for Aquaman but the photos of the new busts moved me to comment.Now please bear in mind that I do not have total familiarty with the characters But.....Given the release date of these busts and the unfamiliar costume on Mera....could this be the look of the characters... in a new series...Hmmmn?

rob! said...

steven-

interesting theory! i can only hope you're right. from your mouth(?) to dan didio's ear!

Anonymous said...

Rob-I just got the new Previews today and Mera is shown as part of the Women of the DC Universe Line with Aquaman as part of the Heroes of the DC Universe line.I think that this may somewhat weaken my theory but in any event,it never hurts to raise Aquaman's profile (not that I need to tell you that...) and who knows? good sales would send a message to DC....there's gold in that there Aquaman!